General Oscar Naranjo, the highest official in charge of counter-narcotics efforts, did not even bother meeting with his American counterpart.

It’s not that Pence didn’t try, I think.

In the speech following his only meeting, the American VP on Sunday said everything Santos wanted to hear.

Pence explicitly expressed support for Colombia’s peace process, praised a bilateral trade deal and tried to unnerve tensions caused by US President Donald Trump who had threatened to militarily intervene in Venezuela.